Senior Principal Staff Software Engineer (Technical Architect)
QAD (company site, opens in a new tab)14+ yrsPuneOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 40–70 LPA
Posted 1d ago
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Job description
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About This Role
- Own and define the multi-year cross-stack architectural roadmap and technical vision for an intelligent, adaptive SaaS platform, covering frontend, backend, microservices, and cloud infrastructure.
- Establish, govern, and enforce enterprise-wide architecture standards, API contracts, and micro-frontend/microservices blueprints across all engineering teams.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership including deep design reviews, authoring architectural decision records, resolving performance bottlenecks, and mentoring senior engineering staff.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- 14+ years of software development experience with at least 5 years as a Technical or System Architect overseeing multi-team systems.
- Advanced expertise in frontend (React, Angular, or Vue.js), backend microservices (Java, Node.js, Python, or Go), cloud-native architectures (AWS/GCP/Azure), and associated infrastructure (databases, message brokers).
- On-site role requiring 3–4 days per week presence at Pune office.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced executive-level technical leader with ability to align multi-year architecture with business strategy and set enterprise-wide technical standards.
- Proven track record mentoring Principal and Senior Staff Engineers and driving engineering excellence in complex, multi-team SaaS environments.
- Strategic thinker capable of independently anticipating future organizational and technical needs, and rapidly adopting advanced technologies for competitive advantage.